Guard for link cuff-buttons.



A. C/HAGE.

GUARD FOR LINK CUFFBUTTONS. v

APPLHZATION mm DEC.4. 191s.

LMQMfi. PatentedSept. 25, 1917.

ANNA C. HAGE, 0F TORONTO, SOUTH DAKOTA.

GUARD FOR LINK CUFF-BUTTONS.

Application filed December 4, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA G. Then, a citizen of the United States,residing at Toronto, in the county of Deuel, State of South Dakota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Link Cuff-Buttons; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full,clear, andexact description of the invention, such. as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention, relates to improvements in guards, and particularly toguards for link cuff buttons.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and simpledevice which is adapted for use in connection with the link cuff buttonwhich button has a large flat head at one end and a small or ball headat the other end, for the purpose of preventing the loss of the buttonshould the small head slip from the buttonhole.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is simplein construction, easy to manipulate, as well as effective in itsoperation to prevent the loss of the button, and one which can bemanufactured at a very low cost.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection With the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a cuff showing my invention in operativeposition on the cuff link button.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective View of the guard and cuff buttonshowing the relative sizes of the ball head and the shahk engaging loopof the guard.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 10 represents a cuffwhich has disposed through the buttonholes 11 thereof the link cufi'button 12. This button includes a shank 13, a large flat head 1.4: andthe smaller ball head 15. Engaged on the shank 13, between the portionsof the cuff closure, is the guard which is represented as a whole by thereference character 16.

The guard is formed from a single length of wire, which may be gold,silver, platinum, or other suitable stiff, yet resilient material. Theguard is bent from both ends and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 191%.

Serial No. 135,062.

twisted, as at 17, to form the two loops 18,

while the intermediate portion is formed into a larger elongated loop19, the ends of the wire being arranged in overlapping relation at oneside of this loop 19, as shown at 20.

I11 applying the guard to the button, the head 15 is inserted in thebuttonhole at one side of the cuff closure, and then this head slippedthrough the large intermediate loop 19, this action being facilitated bythe fact that the ends of the wire will yield as the head is inserted.After having placed the guard on the shank of the button, the head ispassed through the other buttonhole of the cuff. Should the said headbecome disengaged from the buttonhole, the guard, which is of sufficientlength to prevent its passing through the first buttonhole, willeffectively prevent the head from passing through said buttonhole. Theloop 19 be ing of a width considerably less than the width or diameterof the head 15, will hold said head from disengagement from the loop andalso prevent the head from passing through the buttonhole. Thus the lossof the cuff button is effectively guarded against, the same beingretained in one hole of the cuff. This is assured by the fact that thelarger flat head is too large to pass through the buttonhole. Thus thebutton cannot slip in either direction through the buttonhole.

Then the device is used with link buttons which have the smaller headsof too great diameter or size to permit of being passed through the loop19, the shank of the button is passed into the said loop between thesaid ends of the wire, at one side of the loop.

What is claimed is:

As an article of manufacture a guard for preventing the loss of a linkcuff button comprising a single length of resilient wire having its endsextending toward each other and arranged in overlapping relation, thewire being twisted at points adjacent the end thereof to form closedloops, the intermediate portion of the wire being formed into anenlarged loop, the said overlapping ends being arranged for resilientmovement.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture, in the presence of twowitnesses.

Mus. ANNA C. I'IAGE.

Vitnesses E. R. Fonsnnao, A. E. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

